Bandai May 2010 Releases - Now Available for Pre-Order!

Bandai has sent out their May 2010 release schedule and we've got it posted to the site! Here's what's coming:

Gundam 0079 Movie DVD Boxed Set (All 3 Movies!)
Hayate the Combat Butler DVD Bundle #5 (2 Disks) (Eps #27-32)
Kurokami The Animation Part #2 DVD (Eps #7-12)
Kurokami The Animation Part #2 DVD (BLURAY) (Eps #5-8)

Code Geass R2 #4 and Gundam 00 S2 #1 Bumped Back to April

Bandai sent us a notice this morning that they are bumping the dates (again) for two important upcoming releases. The release date for both Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 DVD Bundle #4 (Eps #20-25) and Gundam 00 Season 2, Vol #1 DVD (Eps #1-7) have been moved back a month from March 2nd to April 6th:

Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 DVD Bundle #4 (Eps #20-25) - Mar 2 to Apr 6
Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 DVD Bundle #4 (Eps #20-25) (Limited Edition) - Mar 2 to Apr 6
Gundam 00 Season 2, Vol #1 DVD (Eps #1-7) - Mar 2 to Apr 6
Gundam 00 Season 2, Vol #1 DVD Special Edition (Eps #1-7) - Mar 2 to Apr 6

All pre-orders will remain open for these items, and we've updated the store site to reflect the new dates. If you have an order in that is currently holding for either of these titles that you were expecting to ship soon (and now won't) just e-mail us if you want to make any changes.

Hong Qigong Kungfu master final process

Here is the final process of the Northern Beggar Hong Qigong, 洪七公, character concept design. I had sometimes to look over and finalize the concept image finally. It isn't much different from the last post, just some minor tweak on the color, adding some depth and minor detail on clothing. Mostly it is still pretty the same, just a little more refine.
I probably spend more time looking and analyzing rather than actually painting or adding more detail on the final process. Now I can actually move on and do some more stuff.

As for more videos, I am pretty sure they will be coming out. Just been very busy and got a cold/flu from someone somewhere the past couple weeks. Not so much fun. :P

Here is the final image



Here is a bigger version: Northern Beggar Hong Qigong or 洪七公

To see the previous step by step painting process goto:
part 1: Lone warrior kungfu master sketch
part 2: Dragon warrior kungfu master painting process
part 3: Dragon Kungfu master digital painting process

Enjoy the tutorial process. Now I'm off to paint something new and fun. :)

CPF Reviews: "The Worst Movie Ever Made"

CPF Reviews: "The Worst Movie Ever Made" from Corn Pone Flicks on Vimeo.

Episode 1 in the CPF reviews "series," on a possible candidate for a film worse than, if not everything else, then at least most everything you've seen so far.

Digital Painting tutorial video from Richard Anderson

Digital Painting tutorial video from Richard Anderson the second tutorial. As you guys request! Rich has been working hard on the new tutorial and now it is finish! Thanks to all you guys that e-mail him feedback and comment after his first video tutorial released. Now he is back with all the new tool and approach to conceptual or visual design for cinematic and illustration.

And wait, did I say this time his tutorial is about 3 hours long even with speed up?
Let me just say, it's even more BADASS than the previous ones.

"Hi all, first of, thanks for all the support and welcome to everyone here. In this tutorial you will learn my method on beginning black and white sketch and taking it to finish color illustration. I’ll show you how I create a Forest environment by using texture and brush creation. It will show you how I create my color palettes and over all look and feel to my environment paintings, paint textures etc. I’ll go through on how to create forms from shapes and quick tricks to get the most out of your tools. Included is a 20 min brush creation tutorial with voice over that will show step by step brush creation. Also included is a .abr brush file showing a few of the brushes I created in the tutorial along with several others you see me use in the illustration tutorial. Photoshop file with all layers included to help with following my process." -Richard Anderson

Here is the final image of what he's been cooking for you guys.


Bigger size image here: Forest Horseman

Instant Download available now!!! :)
Level: Intermediate to Advance (for real!)


Enjoy the tasty art.